Comments for Art o' Not - You're the Critic! http://www.artonot.com Artonot is the definitive ART or NOT website. Share and discuss emerging and alternative art trends. For all things artsy and fun! Wed, 10 Feb 2010 12:40:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 Comment on A claim to art that should make grown men cry from pain, embarassment by sam http://www.artonot.com/2009/05/a-claim-to-art-that-should-make-grown-men-cry-from-pain-embarassment/comment-page-1/#comment-255 sam Wed, 10 Feb 2010 12:40:34 +0000 http://www.artonot.com/?p=492#comment-255 i would if i had the dough it's a good painting i mean its a good picture of a painting so i don't know and neither could you yuck i would if i had the dough
it’s a good painting
i mean its a good picture of a painting
so i don’t know
and neither could you

yuck

]]> Comment on Haitian Children’s Artwork by sam http://www.artonot.com/2010/01/haitian-childrens-artwork/comment-page-1/#comment-254 sam Wed, 10 Feb 2010 12:37:03 +0000 http://www.artonot.com/?p=754#comment-254 why why why does this website exist why must you use words like artsy in a legitimate context this is not definitive how could you use a definition from dictionary.com as your source? how could you? this is very disturbing. why why why does this website exist
why must you use words like artsy in a legitimate context
this is not definitive
how could you use a definition from dictionary.com as your source?
how could you?
this is very disturbing.

]]> Comment on Andy Warhol. Artist? by sam http://www.artonot.com/2009/05/andy-warhol-artist/comment-page-1/#comment-253 sam Wed, 10 Feb 2010 12:27:13 +0000 http://www.artonot.com/?p=294#comment-253 yes it's art you're just saying...what? and as far as the other questions where's the art? you won't find it out of context. but where is the 'artistry'? the process? in supply and demand terms the 'value,' because it can only be done once or a few times: those prints weren't photoshopped. andy warhol didn't have a computer. why do you need a 'picture' of campbells soup can? read a book my opinion: it needed to be bought by 'high art' collectors at an extremely high price in order to complete the absurd gesture that was meant to be the opposite of and the same thing as the absurdity he was responding to: american consumerism. why isn't the "value" of this object easily defined? because andy warhol rendered transparent the former (more) straightforward, predictable value system placed on art objects AND pop objects up to that point. YOUR ABILITY TO ASK THE QUESTION "IS THIS ART? WHY DOES THIS NEED TO EXIST?" YOU OWE TO HIM. he started the conversation, and he knew art history. please don't end it with ignorance yes it’s art

you’re just saying…what?

and as far as the other questions where’s the art? you won’t find it out of context.
but where is the ‘artistry’? the process? in supply and demand terms the ‘value,’ because it can only be done once or a few times: those prints weren’t photoshopped. andy warhol didn’t have a computer.

why do you need a ‘picture’ of campbells soup can?
read a book
my opinion: it needed to be bought by ‘high art’ collectors at an extremely high price in order to complete the absurd gesture that was meant to be the opposite of and the same thing as the absurdity he was responding to: american consumerism.

why isn’t the “value” of this object easily defined? because andy warhol rendered transparent the former (more) straightforward, predictable value system placed on art objects AND pop objects up to that point.

YOUR ABILITY TO ASK THE QUESTION “IS THIS ART? WHY DOES THIS NEED TO EXIST?” YOU OWE TO HIM.

he started the conversation, and he knew art history. please don’t end it with ignorance

]]> Comment on Artonot #7: Contemporary architecture, or waste of money? by Hauling http://www.artonot.com/2009/04/artonot-7-contemporary-architecture-or-waste-of-money/comment-page-1/#comment-247 Hauling Sat, 06 Feb 2010 00:37:05 +0000 http://www.artonot.com/?p=44#comment-247 I definitely agree with the cause for going green. It's just crazy to me that the worse things get the less people seem to care. I definitely agree with the cause for going green. It’s just crazy to me that the worse things get the less people seem to care.

]]> Comment on Haitian Children’s Artwork by Merrilee Rearden http://www.artonot.com/2010/01/haitian-childrens-artwork/comment-page-1/#comment-245 Merrilee Rearden Fri, 05 Feb 2010 08:13:39 +0000 http://www.artonot.com/?p=754#comment-245 I wish more people were like Mr. George Clooney. What he has done to help the Haitian people is just amazing. So many of the Hollywood celebrities are just phonies looking for publicity. George is one of the true greats. I wish more people were like Mr. George Clooney. What he has done to help the Haitian people is just amazing. So many of the Hollywood celebrities are just phonies looking for publicity. George is one of the true greats.

]]> Comment on Haitian Children’s Artwork by Sharee Malander http://www.artonot.com/2010/01/haitian-childrens-artwork/comment-page-1/#comment-244 Sharee Malander Fri, 05 Feb 2010 07:57:31 +0000 http://www.artonot.com/?p=754#comment-244 I wish more people were like Mr. George Clooney. What he has done to help the Haitian people is just amazing. So many of the Hollywood celebrities are just phonies looking for publicity. George is one of the true greats. I wish more people were like Mr. George Clooney. What he has done to help the Haitian people is just amazing. So many of the Hollywood celebrities are just phonies looking for publicity. George is one of the true greats.

]]> Comment on Artonot #21: Freaky Furniture, artistic? by warren http://www.artonot.com/2009/04/artonot-21-freaky-furniture-artistic-or-stupid/comment-page-1/#comment-235 warren Tue, 26 Jan 2010 01:41:10 +0000 http://www.artonot.com/?p=113#comment-235 This site reminds me a lot of the "degenerate" art show held by Hitler in nazi Germany. The nazis had very strong feelings about what was art and what was not. Nazis criticized abstract expressionism, any non-representationalism, jewish art, in fact they really only liked german propaganda art that they didn't have to think about too hard. The truth is, any time people think they have the rite to "objectively" JUDGE art they run the risk of trampling other's personal freedom's in the process. The best part about art as a field is that it is extremely subjective. When I say " I don't like Monet or Van Gough", thats fine as long as I qualify my statement with "I dont like...." The difference between my statement and Hitler saying that he didn't like abstract expressionism is that Hitler was saying that objectively. This website runs the risk of following a well established trail of anti-intellectual oppression of creative thought. If you don't "get a piece of art" thats fine just move on to the next piece. warren This site reminds me a lot of the “degenerate” art show held by Hitler in nazi Germany. The nazis had very strong feelings about what was art and what was not. Nazis criticized abstract expressionism, any non-representationalism, jewish art, in fact they really only liked german propaganda art that they didn’t have to think about too hard. The truth is, any time people think they have the rite to “objectively” JUDGE art they run the risk of trampling other’s personal freedom’s in the process. The best part about art as a field is that it is extremely subjective. When I say ” I don’t like Monet or Van Gough”, thats fine as long as I qualify my statement with “I dont like….” The difference between my statement and Hitler saying that he didn’t like abstract expressionism is that Hitler was saying that objectively. This website runs the risk of following a well established trail of anti-intellectual oppression of creative thought. If you don’t “get a piece of art” thats fine just move on to the next piece.
warren

]]> Comment on Artonot #21: Freaky Furniture, artistic? by warren http://www.artonot.com/2009/04/artonot-21-freaky-furniture-artistic-or-stupid/comment-page-1/#comment-234 warren Tue, 26 Jan 2010 01:27:32 +0000 http://www.artonot.com/?p=113#comment-234 I am not sure what you think a carpenter is but I would define someone who is able to make an intricate piece of furniture out of wood, make it functional, original and stylistic is not just a carpenter but a good carpenter. I, being a carpenter, kindly ask whoever wrote the above statement to read up on furniture design, art history, maybe a dictionary, before they criticize the hard work of others. Criticizing someone as a "wannabe artist" is not only in and of itself an oxymoronic statement, it makes you sound un-intelligent or worse; a jack-ass. So please lets keep the art criticism intelligent and well articulated. Ok? -Warren I am not sure what you think a carpenter is but I would define someone who is able to make an intricate piece of furniture out of wood, make it functional, original and stylistic is not just a carpenter but a good carpenter. I, being a carpenter, kindly ask whoever wrote the above statement to read up on furniture design, art history, maybe a dictionary, before they criticize the hard work of others. Criticizing someone as a “wannabe artist” is not only in and of itself an oxymoronic statement, it makes you sound un-intelligent or worse; a jack-ass. So please lets keep the art criticism intelligent and well articulated. Ok?
-Warren

]]> Comment on Artonot #19: More stupid “art” on campus by jd webb http://www.artonot.com/2009/04/artonot-19-more-stupid-art-on-campus/comment-page-1/#comment-233 jd webb Mon, 25 Jan 2010 04:04:21 +0000 http://www.artonot.com/?p=100#comment-233 Hey, thanks for this! Hey, thanks for this!

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